Foreword
Foreword
Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri
Source: Renewable Energy in the Sundarbans: 154p Authored By S P Gonchaudhuri
Abstract:
The Sundarbans are a unique part of this country, with an ecosystem that is at the same time as fascinating as it is fragile. Its geographical location and the unique situation of the people who live there provide a challenge for planners and development specialists in ensuring that the people living in that area are not only able to derive livelihoods and pursue occupations that give them a reasonable Standard of living, but also able to do so in harmony with nature. An important element of an approach that would satisfy these objectives is the intelligent use of renewable energy technologies that not only makes it possible for the people of the Sundarbans to get adequate energy for a healthy and satisfactory standard of living, but also helps in minimizing their footprint on the earth’s conventional energy resources that are being depleted, and the use of which leads to not only environmental problems at the local level but also climate change globally.
Publisher/Organisation: TERI Press
Publication Date: 1 January 2007